eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) (05/03/89)
In article <4054@ficc.uu.net> cliff@ficc.uu.net (cliff click) writes: >Postscript is a general purpose programming language (ok, that's stretching >it a bit :-). Er, ah? What's a general purpose programming language (in the context of graphics)? Does it different from a "graphics programming language?" Let's keep the graphics for now, but if it becomes more comp.lang.misc, remove it. Longish signature follows "Type 'n' now" Another gross generalization from --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@aurora.arc.nasa.gov resident cynic at the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers: "You trust the `reply' command with all those different mailers out there?" "If my mail does not reach you, please accept my apology." {ncar,decwrl,hplabs,uunet}!ames!eugene Live free or die.
pardo@june.cs.washington.edu (David Keppel) (05/03/89)
In article <3470@eos.UUCP> eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) writes: >[Postscript as a GP programming language] The front panel on (at least on of) the Texas Instruments PostScript printers is written entirely in PostScript. As a result, the front panel can have arbitrary functions downloaded... ;-D on ( Does a laser printer use laser lead? ) Pardo -- pardo@cs.washington.edu {rutgers,cornell,ucsd,ubc-cs,tektronix}!uw-beaver!june!pardo